Peter Q. Parish

Masks, Puppets & Design

260 Bolinas Road, Fairfax, CA  94930

tel:  415 454 6602 cell:  415 342 1146

e-mail: peter@foolsforhire.com
eyes:  blue/green  hair:  brown
height:  5'7”  weight:  150 lbs
website:  http://www.cafe-online.org/mask

 


 

 

Puppetry

Date

Puppet/Production

Company/City

Ongoing Project

(currently on hold)

ÒThe AssociateÓ, 30-foot trolley puppet

foolsforhire, SF, CA

February 2004

Multiple life-size puppets / Three Blooms

Word For Word/Upon These Boards, SF, CA

October 2003

The Fool, backpack bunraku / Tymon of Athens                          

Upon These Boards/Mills College,

Oakland, CA

April 2003

Life-size lion puppet (8 manipulators) / Festival

Ensemble Production Co., Larkspur, CA

March 2003

2 ghosts / Under Milkwood

Ensemble Production Co., Larkspur, CA

Spring 2002

4 life-size puppets / 2 original scripts

Ensemble Production Co., Larkspur, CA

Summer 2001

ÒThe EntsÓ, 3 10-foot backpack puppets

foolsforhire, SF, CA

Spring 1994

3 marionettes / personal portfolio

Chania, Greece

Fall-Winter 1993

Jungle puppets / Sarawak

Theater Alibi, Exeter, England

Winter 1993

Dragon puppet / personal portfolio

Exeter, England

                                                            

Mask/Design

Date

Mask/Production

Company/City

March 2004

2 sets Commedia masks (12 masks total) /

Romeo & Juliet

Ensemble Production Co., Larkspur, CA

February 2004

Multiple masks for puppet & human actors /

Three Blooms

Word For Word/Upon These Boards, SF, CA

October 2003

Hannibal-style restraining mask, leather /

Marat/Sade

Ensemble Production Co., Larkspur, CA

October 2003

Lady FortuneÕs mask, SenatorsÕ masks / Tymon

of Athens

Upon These Boards, Oakland, CA

August 2003

Fat Lady suit, slap sticks / Comedy of Errors

Ego Theatre Co., Larkspur, CA

July 2003

Set design/construction / Akin

Ripe Theatre, SF, CA

March 2003

Greek death mask / Lysistrata Project           

Upon These Boards, Berkeley, CA

January 2003

1/3 character masks, leather / Mammoth Under

the Bathmat

Ripe Theatre, SF, CA

1996-2002

Various character masks, multi-media / character work and instructional productions

Sir Francis Drake, Tamalpais, Redwood High Schools, Marin County, CA

Summer 1999

Troll, Mayflies, Minotaur/Cow masks, multi-

media / Naked Fall

Combined Art Form Entertainment, SF, CA

Fall 1997

Beast 1/2 mask, latex and hemp rope hair /

Beauty and the Beast

Dominican University, San Rafael, CA

 

Fall 1996

Satyr mask, leather and antler horns /

Merry Wives of Windsor

Guerilla Shakespeare Company, San Rafael, CA

Summer 1996

Various animal make-up designs / Wind in the Willows

The Fairfax Players, Fairfax, CA

   

 

 

Puppeteering/Object Manipulation/Mask Performance
Production
Role
Company/City
Director
Three Blooms
Young David, Ensemble

Word For Word/Upon These Boards, San Francisco, CA
Randall Stuart
Tymon of Athens
Fool (puppeteer/voice)
Upon These Boards/Mills College, Oakland, CA
Randall Stuart
Comedy of Errors
Luce
Ego Theatre Co., Larkspur, CA
Britt Block
Lysistrata Project
Old Man Chorus
Upon These Boards, Berkeley, CA
Randall Stuart
Mammoth Under the Bathmat
various
Ripe Theatre, SF, CA
Sarah McKereghan, Noah Kelly
Sarawak
ensemble
Theater Alibi, Exeter, England
Nikki Sved

Teaching
Fall 2003-present                              Drama Teacher                      Marin School of Art & Technology, Novato, CA
Fall 2000-present                          Guest Artist/Director                     Redwood HS, CorteMadera, CA
                                                                              Sir Francis Drake HS, San Anselmo, CA
November, 1999                     Mask Performance Workshop                          Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA
August, 1999                         Mask Performance Workshop                  Combined Art Form Entertainment, SF, CA
March, 1998                              Maskmaking Workshop                  Beginning Design Class, UC Davis, Davis, CA
Fall1996 - Spring 2000          9-10 integrated studies program                                 Sir Francis Drake HS
                                                 Art & Drama teacher                            San Anselmo, CA
Spring 1996                                Guest Artist/Director                          Sir Francis Drake HS
                                                                                             San Anselmo, CA
Education
San Francisco State University, SF, CA                               Teaching Credential, Single Subject, Secondary Education
Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA                            BA in Theatre Arts, concentration in Acting & Maskmaking
Training:  Voice, Physical Theatre, Juggling, Equilibristics, Stage Combat (rapier/dagger, quarterstaff, hand-to-hand), Mask Performance (neutral, general character development, and a little Commedia delÕArte), Stage Management, Technical Direction (Light, Sound, Basic Set Construction)
References
Marc Weiner                           personal reference                   415 459 5153                          docmarc@comcast.net
Mary Kitchens               Sir Francis Drake High School                   415 457 7236                 mkitchens@marin.k12.ca.us
Erik Berkowitz                            foolsforhire                     415 504 8083                      eberko@foolsforhire.com
 
Website References
www.cafe-online.org/mask           www.foolsforhire.com              www.ripetreats.com         www.upontheseboards.org